Reduced radiation during cardiac cathoterization of infants using acquisition zoom technology

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 691-693

  Ross, Robert D ^a   Joshi, Vijaya ^a   Carravallah, David J ^a   Morrow, W Robert ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030945251     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00846-6     Document Type: Article

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